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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Knutsford region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank13-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.250 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£500-
Average daily rate£500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£398
% change on same period last year-12.30 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.13£31.33
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Knutsford
Matching contract IT job ads163
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£364£360
Average daily rate£394£380
% change on same period last year+3.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
SAN CheshireSAN
Cheshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAN across the Knutsford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Knutsford SAN Demand Trend

SAN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAN across the Knutsford region.

Knutsford SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region citing SAN also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAN.

111 (73.33 %)Windows
210 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (46.67 %)Finance
37 (46.67 %)HP
37 (46.67 %)Dell
37 (46.67 %)Windows NT
46 (40.00 %)MCSE
46 (40.00 %)Active Directory
46 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
55 (33.33 %)Citrix
55 (33.33 %)LAN
55 (33.33 %)WAN
55 (33.33 %)SQL
55 (33.33 %)IIS
64 (26.67 %)Microsoft
64 (26.67 %)Windows 2000
64 (26.67 %)Project Management
64 (26.67 %)VMware
64 (26.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
73 (20.00 %)Brocade
73 (20.00 %)Banking
73 (20.00 %)Replication
73 (20.00 %)COM+
73 (20.00 %)DCOM
73 (20.00 %)POP3
73 (20.00 %)SMTP
82 (13.33 %)IBM
82 (13.33 %)PRINCE2
82 (13.33 %)Migration
82 (13.33 %)Altiris

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region citing SAN also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (20.00 %)COM+
13 (20.00 %)DCOM
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (33.33 %)IIS
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (33.33 %)LAN
15 (33.33 %)WAN
23 (20.00 %)POP3
23 (20.00 %)SMTP
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (46.67 %)Finance
23 (20.00 %)Banking
31 (6.667 %)Financial Institution
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (40.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
24 (26.67 %)Security Specialist
33 (20.00 %)Storage Specialist
42 (13.33 %)Development Specialist
42 (13.33 %)Applications Packager
42 (13.33 %)Server Specialist
42 (13.33 %)Server Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Senior Infrastructure Specialist
51 (6.667 %)Infrastructure Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Active Directory Specialist
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (20.00 %)Replication
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (73.33 %)Windows
210 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (46.67 %)Windows NT
44 (26.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (26.67 %)Windows 2000
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)Project Management
22 (13.33 %)Change Management
22 (13.33 %)Migration
22 (13.33 %)PRINCE2
31 (6.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (6.667 %)Data Migration
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (33.33 %)SQL
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (40.00 %)MCSE
16 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (6.667 %)Degree
21 (6.667 %)CCA
21 (6.667 %)Citrix Certification
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (40.00 %)Active Directory
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (13.33 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Knutsford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (46.67 %)HP
17 (46.67 %)Dell
25 (33.33 %)Citrix
34 (26.67 %)VMware
34 (26.67 %)Microsoft
43 (20.00 %)Brocade
52 (13.33 %)IBM
52 (13.33 %)Altiris
52 (13.33 %)Hitachi
61 (6.667 %)EMC